The Art of the Pendulum Cassandra Eason
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Pendulum Dowsin9 by Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd., London. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eason, Cassandra. The art of the pendulum I Cassandra Eason. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57863-356-7 1. Radiesthesia. 2. Pendulum. 3. Dowsing. I. Title. BF1628.3.E22 2005 133.3'23--dc22 2004065050 TCP Printed in Canada 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 8
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The History of Dowsing Beginning Pendulum Dowsing Dowsing for Decisions Finding What is Lost Dowsing and Health Earth Energies Pendulums and Ghosts Remote or Map Dowsing Physical Dowsing
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A pendulum - whether an elaborately carved crystal on a silver chain or a key on a piece of string - is one of the easiest ways of accessing the intuitive powers we all possess, but may find hard to trust. By tuning yourself into the way a pendulum swings you can dowse for water or make decisions about your life and relationships. In the area of health, a pendulum amplifies healing energies from the natural world and can dispel negativity. And the pendulum is so portable that you can use it almost anywhere as a wise guide to set you on the right path or assure you that your present course, whether emotional or physical, is correct.
Wh a t i s P e n d u l u m D o w s i n g ? Dowsing or rhabdomancy, sometimes known as divining or water witching, is an ancient practice in many cultures whereby hidden water, minerals or oil deep in the ground are detected by the means of the movements of a forked stick held between the hands . Pendulum dowsing, using a weight
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on a chain, dates back hundreds rather than thousands of years, but has become increasingly popular because it offers a finely tuned method of dowsing. The pendulum is usually favoured over rods or a forked stick for answering questions, locating lost objects by dowsing over a map , choosing lucky numbers and finding ghosts. The pendulum can be regarded as a receiver and transmit ter of information, although the source of its knowledge is the subject of endless speculation, ranging from angelic guides to our own subconscious that is able to pick up cues not accessible to the conscious mind. Despite the fact that its power is scarcely understood, the pendulum is increasingly used even by military organisations . For example , US marines were taught to use pendulums in Vietnam to locate land mines and underground tunnels . There is no doubt that the sixth sense plays a part, because the information received does involve knowledge beyond the five senses, certainly in their accepted form . However, it may be that as with animals , human senses do extend far beyond their recognised physical limits and that by practising dowsing it is possible to tap these hidden powers . We have all felt danger in the pit of our stomachs or detected the sense of a peaceful presence in a place, and it may be that the pendulum is expressing these physical/psychic sensations through a form of telekinesis that causes the hand to make an involuntary muscular response. It is sometimes said that the pendulum , or indeed any other dowsing instrument, brings together the rational and intuitive faculties, the left and right sides of the brain, and enables you to make informed deci sions using all potential sources . I t i s possible to learn to dowse without using a pendulum, however the instrument is a confirmation of the inner insights and, what is more, acts as protection when dowsing 2
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for the unknown or in sensitive areas - a touchstone when charting unfamiliar territory (see chapter 2).
Choosing Your Pendulum A pendulum is usually defined as a symmetrical non-magnetic weighted object, centrally suspended from a single light chain or cord. But in practice you can dowse with almost anything, as long as it is sufficiently solid so as not to be blown about by the wind if you are dowsing outdoors . Some pendulums have a hole in the side for a ' witness' , for example a fragment of the material being sought or in the case of a lost animal, one of its hairs . Alternatively, this material can be attached to the pendulum or carried in the other hand, although a tangible focus is not imperative . Your chosen pendulum can be a conventional long crystal quartz rounded or pointed at one end that contains living energies of the earth, although some dowsers prefer to use rose quartz or amethyst if the quest concerns decisions about feelings or life changes; you may decide to have two or three pendulums for different purposes. Smaller crystals or wooden weights of a diamond shape that can be specially purchased attached to a chain are also popular divinatory tools, or you may choose to create your own pendulum with a trinket, a ball made of metal (even a Chinese medicine ball), a key, a glass bead, a brass nut or a plumb bob from the local DIY shop , any of which can be attached to a cord or a piece of string, if necessary using wire or a metal cradle around the object. In its simplest form you can improvise with a key tied to a shoe lace, or a heavy curtain ring or plain gold ring attached to a pencil with a length of cotton wound around it and secured with a paper clip, both of which can be instantly constructed 3
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when you need a pendulum in a hurry and have left yours at home . The master dowser Tom Lethbridge once claimed to have successfully dowsed with a piece of chewing gum on a thread . If you do adapt an item of personal significance , such as a pendant or a special ring, you may find that the positive emotions attached to it help you to tune into your intuition.
H olding Your Pendulum The string is held between the thumb and forefinger, however there are two diametrically opposed views as to which hand should be used . The first suggests that you should use the hand with which you write , sometimes called your power hand, winding any extra chain around the index finger of the same hand; the other view suggests that it is better to dowse with the left hand for right brain intuition. The old question ' how long is a piece of string? ' applies here, and indeed was probably first used in connection with dowsing, for recommended string lengths vary between 27cm (9in) and 1 20cm (40in) . Especially while you are familiarising yourself with the technique, the string should be fairly short, and if you are dowsing over a chart or map , 1 5-20cm seems most successful . You can wrap any excess string or chain around your index finger . Different lengths seem to work for different situations and you may find that for physical outdoor dowsing somewhere around 45cm ( 1 5in) works well . Simply experiment until you are so at ease with your pendulum that it becomes an extension of your arm .
C a n An y o n e D o w s e ? As with many intuitive arts, children are natural dowsers and many su'ccessful adult dowsers began in childhood before 4
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doubts and inhibitions arose . My daughter Miranda, who is 1 3 at the time of writing, is an expert dowser and will happily play games of hunting hidden objects with the pendulum . The American Society of Dowsers says that everyone is born with the ability to dowse, and that in any group of 2 5 adults, between two and five will obtain the dowsing re action immediately - others may have to practise for a while before they become confident dowsers . The problem with adults is not that they cannot dowse, but they think or fear that they cannot do it and so block the inherent ability. Some dowsers are happy to undertake tests, however the majority of people work best in response to an actual need, especially where emotion is involved, rather than in an artificially structured situation. So if a decision matters to you, it will be easier to obtain an accurate response from the pendulum .
The F o rces B e h i n d D o w s i n g This book concentrates mainly on using a pendulum , but the theories put forward hold true for all forms of dowsing. Attempted scientific explanations have varied over the centuries with new discoveries, but all seem to stumble on an unknown factor linked with the human psyche . Early explanations interpreted dowsing as signals from the auras of underground water or metal . This was followed by theories of a sympathetic attraction between specific miner als and rods cut from certain trees . Some people still believe that substances such as flowing water, oil or gold emit a strong natural energy and that the divining tool acts as an aerial which picks up these vibrations and transmits them to the dowser. However, this does not explain how some dowsers can successfully locate oil or water by holding a 5
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divining tool over a map of an area. Can there be a symbolic link between the map - the symbol - and the dowser? Magnetic or electrical influences on dowsers and their rods were also considered a viable rationale for a time, only recently being replaced by theories that the source is radi ation or waves akin to the electromagnetic waves emitted by television or radio stations. Can it be that the pendulum has a mind of its own? Certainly the pendulum is what most people describe as an inanimate obj ect. Yet craftsmen who spend their lives shaping inanimate objects will talk quite seriously of mater ials that have a life of their own : pieces of wood that are calling out to be made into certain objects; blocks of stone that have statues inside them waiting to be freed . Psychologists also speak of anthropomorphism, and suggest that we are increasingly returning to primitive thought forms , whereby we supply inanimate objects like cars and boats with a personality. If we do indeed psychically endow objects with a personality, this could be one explana tion for the dowsing rod with a mind of its own . Another is that our higher consciousness, a benign spirit or angelic guide, directs the pendulum or other divining tool . Divination traditionally meant getting in touch with a 'divus' or god for inspired direction for a future course of action . This controlling force may be easier to accept if it is regarded as the ' divus' or god within, the Higher or Evolved Self inside us all , the Wise One whose knowledge is drawn from a pool of the experience of mankind in all places, past, present and future . Often we impose unnecessary limits when we try to break down paranormal phenomena into single entities, for example telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance and clair sentience. All of these practices are involved in dowsing 6
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at different times, and as you work with your pendulum you will find that in other aspects of your life your innate intuitive powers develop automatically. Since all diviners work best in one specific area, I have included research from a variety of sources so that the book can lead to a competence far beyond my own. As this is primarily an introductory guide, I have also given other sources of information and societies should you wish to develop your own expertise either generally or in one partic ular direction.
Types o f Dows ing Pendulum dowsing can be used in many different ways and spontaneously taps the basic human ability to be drawn to what it needs . But it is important to remember that pendu lum dowsing is an art and not a science , and if you do try to rationalise or devise a series of tests each time you ask a ques tion, you are blocking the flow of unconscious power with conscious doubts . The main forms of pendulum divination are : Dowsing for natural underground substances: such as water, oil or gold . Their physical vibrations may strike a resonance with some instinctive force within us that causes the pendulum to move , in the same way that we feel peace or dread in certain places as actual bodily sensations. This form of dowsing is the most difficult to demonstrate , because unless we need to find drinking water, the emotional aspect may be quite weak and the expectations of others quite high, so that anxiety may intrude . For this reason, this may be an aspect of dowsing better left until you are more confident (see chapter 9) . 7
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Dowsing for decisions: Here , a flow or options chart can
be created as a guide through even the most complex de cisions . It may be a case of the unconscious nudging the divining tool and can be explained by telekinetic forces - our unconscious is able to weigh up the pros more accurately than our conscious which is often clouded by wishful thinking or the opinions of others. For many people this is the most accessible area of pendulum work and one I have often demonstrated on television to sceptical presenters who have then felt the pull of the pendulum. The validity of the demonstration is verified by a viewer at home carrying out the process simultaneously and independently. This method works even if I am using the pendulum on behalf of a person hundreds of miles away and the matter concerns health, love, business, happiness or prosperity. Dowsin g for earth energ ies: According to the theories of
feng shui and geomancy there are lines of energy which run through the earth which can be beneficial or harmful . We can use the divining tool to seek these out and rearrange our homes or workplaces to make the best of these forces or neutralise them where necessary . Dowsing for health: This can be divided into sections :
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dowsing for the root o f illness b y passing a pendulum over the body to fmd the area that needs treatment. This can also be used with chart dowsing and can pinpoint quite unexpected sources of pains and allergies
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preventive dowsing - using the divining tool to ask the question: ' Is this substance good for my health?'
Dowsing for lost objects: such as car keys and wallets . If
the lost items are your own or belong to family members the search energies are amplified by your emotional associations with the objects and the places you have driven in the car using the keys, and by the overriding need to find the item . Or it may be that your unconscious is slowly remembering where you put them and is guiding you by invisibly nudging the pendulum or dowsing rod . It is possible to use this method for objects lost by others if you can tune into the emotions of those who have lost them . Lost pets can also be found by this means, assuming the pet wants to be discovered . Dowsing and psychic phenomena: You can successfully
see or sense ghosts by tuning into the places they walked, especially during periods of intense emotion , or contact spirits at sacred sites or along ley lines. In my own experi ence of pendulum ghost hunting, it is the feelings of people in times past imprinted at a specific place where a tragedy or intensely happy event occurred that causes the pendulum to register.
My Own I nterest in Dowsing I have used a pendulum for years for making decisions and for health matters, and in 1 994 wrote a book called Pen dulum Divination for Today 's Woman (Foulsham) in which I put together what I had discovered about the intuitive processes involved in dowsing. At about the same time, on a visit to Scotland, I was introduced to pendulum dowsing for ley lines by an expert but very open-minded and patient diviner 9
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John Plowman , who managed to fill me with enthusiasm for the subject on a muddy day near Loch Lomond . John' s own mathematical research into the links between ley lines, dowsing and ghosts is described in my book Ghost Encounters (Blandford, 1 997). More recently I have explored the fasci nating connection between legends of giants , witches or fairies and the strong ley energies that can be detected with a pendulum in the places where these myths have grown up . Although I have regularly divined for lost animals and objects with some success, until recently I have avoided water divining and dowsing rods, possibly because the idea has never excited me . However, while making a TV programme in Hampshire a water diviner demonstrated his technique and I used hazel and metal rods to detect under ground streams . This helped me to realise that the divisions I had placed between this and other kinds of divining were artificial, once I trusted and relaxed into my intuition and relied on the same methods of visualisation while dowsing that worked so well in other aspects of pendulum divination . Water witching started m e o n a whole new study o f black streams or lines of energy . They may help you to live more harmoniously whether at home or in a work environment, and so avoid the physical/ psychic stresses that can lower your resistance to disease. This brought together both my earlier earth energy explorations and dowsing for health . EXERCISE: CHARGING A CRYSTAL OR METAL PENDULUM WITH POWER
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running tap , or use sparkling mineral water from a siphon, that will already be aerated . i::l
Put a few grains of sea salt into the water and stir it with your power hand (the hand you write with) nine times , to activate the ancient elements of Earth and Water, saying: Earth and Water, endow with
wisdom and intuition my pendulum, that I may hear the 9entle, inspired counsel that comesfrom my heart andfrom my ancestors and descendants as yet unborn. i::l
Remove the pendulum and leave it to dry on a circle of gold foil in the sunlight from dawn to dusk on a clear day to absorb Fire and Air power, the ancient elements that were believed to make up all life and together created the fifth element, Ether.
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Cave drawings provide evidence that dowsing was practised from the earliest times , and it would seem likely that these early dowsers were looking for water from an underground source . Such veins sometimes form pools within cave struc tures and it may be that the dowsers were the arbiters of suitable cave dwellings, where the water gushed through the rock offering a source of water for both drinking and washing. These subterranean pools were sometimes dedic ated to the Mother Goddess and regarded, like sacred wells, as the water of her womb . One such drawing of a man with a forked stick in his hands was discovered in the Tassilin-Ajjer Mountains in east central Algeria and has been carbon dated to around 6000 BC. The Chinese and Ancient Egyptians also practised the art, especially in the search for precious metals and gems, as shown by illustrations on pottery, paintings and papyri . The first mention of a dowsing rod in literature is in a 1 540 publication on mining, De Re Metallica by Georgius Agricola, at a time when there was a great interest in alchemy and all things magical . Several academic theses on
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the subject followed in the subsequent centuries, among which J . H . Martius ' s De Virgula Divinatris is one of the most famous . Even in these early times, doubts were raised as to the validity of this method of divination . An early sceptic commented: '[Dowsing rods] be meer toys to mock Apes, and have no commendable device [purpose]' (Reginald Scot, The Discoverie ef Witchcreft, 1 5 84) . Books on dowsing were among the first to be printed in the 16th century, and in these as well as on old coins of the period the dowser is seen at work with his forked stick. In the Bergbau Museum at Bochum, Germany, there is an 1 8th century Meissen figurine of a dowser in the uniform of a miner. Rowan dowsing rods , cut from the magical tree of protec tion, have been used over the centuries for detecting metals, and the hazel rod , a wood associated with wisdom , is still traditionally the choice for divining for water and buried treasure . This link with trees accords with my own favoured origin of the term dowsing rod , from the old Cornish 'dewsys ' (Goddess) and ' rhodl' (tree branch) . However the second and more traditional view roots it in the Middle English derivation , 'duschen' meaning 'to strike ' , from early German references to dowsing rods striking down towards the ground . A form of dowsing for decisions, one of the most popular uses of pendulum dowsing in the modern world, was first recorded in the 1 st century AD when Marcellinus, a Roman writer, described a tripod from which hung a ring on a thread . On the circumference of the tripod was a circle showing the letters of the Roman alphabet and the ring spon taneously swung towards different letters to spell out answers to divinatory questions . That this practice persisted into the Middle Ages is indicated by a Papal bull issued by 13
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Pope John XII in 1 3 26 forbidding the practice of the 'use of a ring to obtain answers in the manner of the Devil' . A description also survives from 1 5 5 3 of a peasant suspending a ring on a thread over a half-filled container of water and using this for dowsing. The most famous female dowser was probably Lady Milbanke who so annoyed her son-in-law, the poet Lord Byron, with her hobby that he wrote after her death: ' She is at last gone to a place where she can no longer dowse . ' Was this because she dowsed to discover his indiscretions ? Dowsing also j ourneyed with the colonists to the US and to Australia and South Africa and proved a valuable method of locating existing wells and sources of water for their settlements. Until Victorian times, therefore, dowsing was a natural art and one which was the subject of much experimentation. But because it was inexplicable in terms of material science dowsing was marginalised, and with the growth of urban life with its municipal water systems, one of the main practical applications of dowsing fell into disuse except in rural areas. .
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conventional and expensive methods of locating water frequently proved inadequate . During the 1 960s the American dowser Verne Cameron was asked by the government of South Africa to help them to locate the country's valuable natural resources, in particular minerals, using his pendulum . However the US government would not allow him to leave the country as his dowsing abil ities had already marked him as a security risk in the eyes of the CIA . His ' crime' was that in 1 959 Cameron successfully located on a map every submarine in the US Navy plus every Russian submarine in the world using his pendulum . He also identified all the submarines in the Pacific Ocean on a partic ular day, distinguishing merely from the map which belonged to the US, which to Russia, and those from other countries. In recent years, dowsers have been employed by oil and pharmaceutical companies , as well as governments , some times secretly but more increasingly quite openly. What is more , even military personnel are recognising the ability of dowsers to detect enemy tunnels, and to find unexploded shells on land and mines at sea. It may be that as pendulums and other divining tools enter the everyday sphere , their powers are accepted as a tangible expression of our innate intuitive powers, so that these quite natural abilities are no longer regarded as weird or nonsense and can be utilised as they were by our ancestors in every area of life.
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D i s c o v e r i n g Y o u r P e n d u l u m 's Re s p o n s e s Once you have chosen your pendulum - or it has chosen you - and you have charged it psychically, you need to discover the unique way in which you and your pendulum interact and to programme it to give information in specific situations . 1::?
Carry your pendulum with you in a small velvet bag or wrapped in silk in a purse or pouch so that it will not become scratched, and spend a few minutes each evening sitting quietly in candle light, allowing your pendulum to move gently without asking it questions or seeking infor mation, so that it becomes an extension of your psyche .
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play soft music based on natural sounds (see Useful Addresses for sources of suggested music) . This conscious emptiness is the perfect state for allowing your uncon scious wisdom to be expressed through the pendulum . If it does not come naturally, let the ability unfold over time.
A 'Yes' Response Frequently a clockwise circle or ellipse forms the ' Yes' response , and this response remains consistent once estab lished, whether the pendulum is used for questions about health, happiness or money, or for tracking water, lost objects or even ghosts . Since our emotions are a trigger and a channel for success ful pendulum divination , to find your personal ' Yes' response visualise a very happy moment, a success or a peak experience . It may be the time when you suddenly mastered a skill or reached the top of a high mountain, either in reality or symbolically, and felt an overwhelming surge of joy. The pendulum will respond to the recalled positive emotion with a 'Y es ' response .
A 'No' Response A negative pendulum movement is generally the mirror image of the ' Yes' response , for example , an anti-clockwise circle or ellipse , however your own pendulum's 'No' may be entirely different . Discover this by concentrating on a moment when you were disappointed or failed to reach ·the peak of your particular mountain and, as you momentarily recall your sadness, your pendulum will move on its ' No ' path. Follow this rapidly with another happy recollection and your pendulum will express positivity once more .
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The 'Ask Aoain' Response Sometimes the question you consciously formulate is not the issue that really concerns you on a deeper level , or it may be ambiguously phrased . In this case your pendulum may simply cease to move , or circle first one way then the other. This is usually a sign to rephrase the question or to try a completely different approach. Identify this important signal by holding your pendulum and thinking of a time of confusion, perhaps when you caught the wrong train or lost your way in a strange town. Your pendulum should then demonstrate this vital movement.
The Neutral Position As a general rule, if you are following a trail with your pendulum , the pendulum may swing freely in the neutral position until you approach the target when it will give the positive response . If you go off-course, the pendulum will make a negative response to warn you and will return to the neutral swing when you are back on track. However, some people have discovered that their pendu lums adopt the positive response all the time they are on-course ; the closer to the target, the more enthusiastic the swing becomes, rather like a dog straining at the leash (see chapter 4) .
T e s t i n g t h e Re s p o n s e s On the whole it is easier to test and practise your different pendulum responses in real-life situations rather than by asking questions to which you already know the answer, although this method is sometimes recommended for getting to know your pendulum . Before beginning, you should always ask your pendulum either silently or out loud whether 18
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it is the right time to dowse . If the answer is negative, wait for a while, as there may be too much clutter in your mind to enable your pendulum to answer the question accurately; it may also be that the question cannot be dealt with at this particular time, perhaps because other people are so closely involved that their actions or reactions are dictating the course of events. A neutral response may indicate that you should wait before making any decisions. Listen to your subconscious, and it will guide you via your pendulum if you do not try to anticipate or rationalise its information. It has been said that the best dowsers work on the ' parcel principle' - the question in their minds is always: 'I wonder what is in that parcel?' - a state of open anticipa tion that does not try to second-guess or analyse in advance the contents of the message . The more definite the pendulum' s response as measured by the size and vigour of its circling or as powerful vibrations in your fingers, the more clearly the answer is either affirmative or negative . A less certain answer, a ' Yes But' , is not an indication that the process is not working properly, but rather may invite further questions or a wider area of search.
As k i n g t h e R i g h t Qu e s t i o n s The technique for asking the pendulum questions is similar to that of using a computer. Both have immense data bases and resources to tackle almost any issue, but both depend on human input - you activate the computer and pendulum. As with the computer each of your questions should be phrased to exclude any possible ambiguities. In the case of the pendulum a ' Yes' or 'No' response should answer the question or resolve a dilemma, so questions cannot be open19
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ended or have qualifications. This is not as easy as it sounds . You cannot ask for options or opinions beyond those phrased as ' should I / can I / will I?' . It is also difficult to get accurate answers about the inten tions of others, and can be regarded as a no-go area in terms of free will and privacy. Some dowsers will even ask the pendulum if a lost animal or person wishes to be found before embarking on a search and it is important to steer clear of areas where intervention - psychic or otherwise - is unwelcome. You may decide to write down the question or to speak it out loud (see chapter 3 ) . Either way, create clear parame ters; you may need a series of questions to eliminate various factors . For example, if you are asking a question concerning your diet you might begin with : ' Should I eat this biscuit at this point in time?' If the answer is 'No' , you may then wish to establish whether the particular kind of biscuit is the problem , as it may be that you have an allergy to that brand of biscuit. If not, you might next ask whether it was the wrong time, for example you have not long finished a meal and are not really hungry, merely bored. Once you have exhausted this line of inquiry, your subse quent questioning could include whether biscuits generally may be an unsuitable food for you, either because they trigger a food binge or contain an ingredient common to virtually all biscuits and indeed other similar foods that may also cause problems, for example are you intolerant to fats or sugar? So from a simple inquiry you can examine quite complex issues, especially if you use a flow chart (see chapter 3) and ask a series of sub-questions for each point.
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C r e a t i n g a T i m e/ I n t e n s i t y C h a r t You can use a time /intensity chart to establish a timescale or grade a response . Create a circle using a clock face marked in the appropriate number of divisions. Although it is a common practice to create a number strip or arc, the pendu lum operates naturally in circles and I have found that the circle method is most effective . Keep a series of circles ready
A time chart with 12 divisions which could be used to represent months or five-minute intervals
to mark out. You may also like to keep a j ournal of your results over a period of time. The divisions within the circle will vary according to the question you are asking; the question: ' In how many months' time will so-and-so occur' , would require 1 2 divisions and so on . There are no limits to the areas you can tackle using this method, for example you could ask: ' How many minutes late will my bus be?' using perhaps five-minute divisions as on a normal clock face . In such an instance , be specific as to the number of the bus , train or airline carrier and route . For 21
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questions of degree or intensity, one to ten is a workable gradation, for example ' On a scale of ten how good will this herb be for me right now? ' . If you are trying to assess the depth of underground water you can again use multiples of ten as necessary.
P s y c h i c Pro t e c t i o n With all psychic work, you need to protect yourself from the negative feelings of others that may be projected, whether consciously or unconsciously , towards you . This is especially important if you are using your pendulum to ask questions on behalf of other people who may be carrying negativity in the form of their worries, or if you are operating where there are powerful energies , for example on ley lines or at sites of great antiquity, or if you are dowsing for ghosts, even if these are entirely positive .
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Before you begin your first pendulum explorations, hold your charged pendulum towards the sun or to a source of light until it is filled with radiance . Modern optic fibre lamps are very effective as they reflect rainbow colours in gentle spiralling patterns , using the same circular move ment along which pendulums operate .
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ity or a hostile feeling directed towards you. For example, you might say: ' When I brush back my hair, I call all my golden protection into being. ' "'(:( Gradually let the light fade, but be aware of a lingering faint glow all around you . i:l
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Re c h a r g i n g Y o u r C r y s t a l To cleanse and recharge your crystal when it seems to be losing its power or looks dull and feels heavy, run it under water, let it dry naturally and wrap it in dark silk with a rose quartz or amethyst, stones of healing, being careful that they do not come into direct contact with it and scratch it.
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An Al t e r n a t i v e P e n d u l u m Re s p o n s e If you are dowsing over a chart for an option, choosing the correct remedy, or gauging timing or the intensity of a re action on a chart, you may find that rather than giving a positive/ negative response over the appropriate choice, the pendulum pulls down or feels heavy. This is the easiest and most instant pendulum response to detect physically. If you are uncertain about your abilities to distinguish and interpret a pendulum' s movements, walk over an area where an object has been lost or scribble a number of options on a piece of paper and pass your pendulum across it, asking your crystal to pull down or become heavy when it reaches the correct answer or place . Once you have experienced this strong sensation, which will vibrate pleasantly through your fingers, the more conventional positive / negative responses follow naturally. The ' This One' movement, although not traditionally sought by dowsers, is nevertheless extremely valuable especially when you are helping others to make decisions using your pendulum, as it is so readily distinguishable . EXERCISE: TRUSTING YOUR OPTIONS
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Plant your herb or plant in the chosen spot and endow the plant with a secret wish so that it is linked to you by positive emotion.
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Rely on the pendulum to tell you how much water to give the plant and when to offer it by setting up containers with different amounts of water and dowsing over them , using a circle chart to establish the best watering times.
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The fact that the pendulum movement is controlled by muscular response is seen by sceptics as a weakness in dowsing for decisions, for it is claimed that the dowser is using the pendulum to confirm a choice he or she has already made . However, unless somone is cheating, which destroys the whole point of the exercise , the hand movement is unconscious and often gives an unexpected result. The prin ciple is the same as that underlying the picking of certain Tarot cards apparently at random from a shuffled pack. In each case , the most appropriate card or correct pendulum response is triggered by psychokinesis (movement of physical objects by mind-power) , a process rooted in the unconscious wisdom of the questioner . Whether we are accessing what the psychologist Jung called mankind's collective unconscious outside conventional definitions of time / space limitations , or touching our personal, deep inner wisdom , there is no doubt that dowsing for decisions operates with an accuracy equal to the more demonstrable forms of dowsing for water or minerals.
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Because it is so strongly linked into the personal psyche and usually with the feelings that prompted you to ask the ques tion, dowsing for personal decisions is a form that is instantly successful with many people. Practice does make perfect in that you learn to ask the right questions from the start, and most importantly learn to trust the wisdom revealed through your pendulum . The pendulum can be very helpful in confirming on the material plane what you glimpsed on the psychic level , as revealed in dreams or sudden flashes of inspiration . The test of time usually confirms the rightness of decisions , and though you would not base major decisions entirely on one pendulum reading, this intuitive output can shed light on logic and expertise and sometimes provide the missing piece in the jigsaw. While divinatory pendulum readings are best done for yourself, you can help others to make decisions .
Let the person for whom you are reading hold the pendu lum and think of a happy I sad / confusing moment in order to establish personal ' Yes /No/ Ask Again' responses . These can be established quite quickly and this initial period gives the questioner an opportunity to tune into the pendulum and to imprint personal vibrations.
Ask a question yourself, or get the person for whom you are reading to ask a question , that will prompt a ' Yes /No' reaction from the pendulum .
If it is your own reading, let your mind go blank using the jug of water or the starry sky technique described in chapter 2 . This gives your psyche space to work, and if you hold the pendulum in a static position it will begin to 27
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move after a pause . Let the pendulum take its time; dowsing for decisions is not a process to be hurried . 1:l
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S i n g l e Qu e s t i o n s Sometimes a single question can provide the answer to an option or dilemma. It will need to be phrased so that yes or no can be the answer, which precludes the use of either I or within the question. With practice , even quite complex issues can be answered using a carefully phrased proposal. There is no limit to the areas that can be tackled, with the proviso that it should be a question that needs answering and which evokes some degree of emotion in you or the ques tioner, whether positive or negative .
Us i n g a F l o w C h a r t An issue may not be not clear cut or may have several facets . The first question may only be a surface aspect of a deeper matter. Using a flow chart and asking six or seven questions spontaneously may suggest solutions that had eluded you, but now suddenly seem the only possible course . Again, you can use this method for another person and you can record the different questions and answers . 28
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A Sample Flow Chart Readin9 Suzanna, a divorcee in her mid-thirties, is studying music and has become deeply involved with Tim , one of her tutors who is in his early fifties. Tim is married with teenage children , but has asked Suzanna to travel round the provinces with him at the end of the year in the regional orchestra of which he has just become director. However, he says that he does not want any more children and must remain closely involved with his family until they are grown up, although he wants to marry Suzanna when his divorce comes through. Suzanna has no children and is desperate to become a mother before she is too old . QUESTION: SHOULD I GO WITH TIM WHEN HE TAKES UP HIS NEW POST?
Not surprisingly the pendulum ' s response is a definite 'Ask Again', for several different, though related, issues are bound up in this question . Should Suzanna sell her flat in London and give up her part-time career with a magazine that has offered her full-time work in the arts section when she obtains her degree in music? Should she remain in London and spend weekends, holidays and part of the week with Tim so that they can develop the relationship at a slower pace, since Tim still goes home some weekends to be with the chil dren? If she did not join the orchestra, would the distance weaken or strengthen their love? If things went wrong could she re-establish herself in London? The answer to the last question on Suzanna's flow chart was ' No' because Suzanna acknowledged that Tim had not even mentioned divorce to his wife for fear of upsetting the children . The children were also a major stumbling block if Suzanna could not accept that she would not have a baby of her own and that parenthood was a stage of life she and Tim 30
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could not share . However, she did acknowledge that she did not want to give Tim up and so decided to rent out her flat in London for a few months and take unpaid leave from her work. This way they could live together in a fresh environ ment and hopefully resolve the obstacles to lasting happiness through time, patience and tolerance on both sides . YES
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The Grid Method If you have to make a choice between several options, the grid method is an accurate way of discovering the relative merits of different paths. You may be able to achieve this with a single grid or you may need to draw a series of grids and gradually narrow down information within more detailed parameters until you get a specific answer. With this method you can plan many major life changes . The Sacred Grid of Nine is an ancient Scandinavian magical device used by wise women and frequently drawn in the earth in front of their huts . In more formal magic situa tions it was created on a specially erected platform as a protective magical area: the nine squares are contained within a larger protective square , which also concentrates the energies of time and space . The grid formation is especially good for any practical matters, such as finance, business, moving house or travel . For love and relationships, some people prefer to use the circle method - described in chapter 2 . Divide the circle into the appropriate number of options, name each and dowse over them as I describe below . However, the grid method can be used quite effec tively for emotional and health matters .
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Choosin9 a Holiday Destination If you want to go on holiday but are not certain where , begin by selecting four or five possible destinations. When you 33
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have made a selection using logic, your pendulum/psyche may select the one you least favoured consciously. There are places to which you are instinctively drawn even though the choice runs against the logical arguments, but when you arrive you will find the hidden reasons that drew you. "{:{
Read as much as possible about the different destinations so that your psyche can make an informed decision, and then write the place names on squares on the grid, block ing off any surplus squares. You might like to scribble a few brief words of description for each destination and then allow your mind to go blank.
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When the pendulum has selected a resort, choose nine hotels, apartment blocks or even campsites . Include some slightly beyond your price range; I have found that the right accommodation will sometimes be reduced on the day you book or an alternative cheaper date will be offered that on reflection suits as well . You can cut out pictures from the brochures and place them in the squares or write the names on the grid .
Movin9 House If you are planning to move house but are not quite sure about where you want to go, you can use the flow chart method to ask a series of questions. Alternatively, if you have a number of areas in mind, put in the research beforehand 34
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and narrow these down to four or five that are suitable . You can do this by stages , first by towns and then by districts or villages . Then use the grid formation to decide on the best area through your pendulum psyche . f:l When you have decided upon the district or village , read through the literature and narrow down your choice of houses to nine that you think are worth visiting.
Cut out the photographs of these houses from estate agents' material and place them on a grid formation, or you may prefer to write the names of each house and scribble notes. f:l
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Run the pendulum over the grid again after the visit and see if the favoured property has changed . Usually the choice remains constant unless your unconscious radar detected problems not visible to the physical eye . This does not mean that the house is wrong for you, rather that you should return - if possible dowsing with your pendulum if you get the chance to be alone. You should also have an extra-careful survey, as it may be possible to resolve any difficulties. The combination of reason and intuition , knowledge acquired from physical exploration, research and from the pendulum , provide a whole picture .
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T h e Hawthorns,
2 Chiselam Lane
Peace haven,
Sandy Lane
Extra bedrooms in
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loft, near main road
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EXERCISE: CHOOSING LUCKY NUMBERS
We all have lucky numbers that may have become asso ciated with good fortune because of a house number at which we were especially lucky, a car registration that became empowered by our happiness associated with driving the vehicle , a birth date or significant day when we met a partner for the first time, got married or had a child. No lucky number method is guaranteed to win the lottery, however, for magic is not about huge personal gain . Many practitioners, myself included, find that they can do magic for others but not for themselves which explains why, although I teach money spells that have worked for many people over several years, I am still hovering on the edge of overdraft. 36
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That said, you may be the one who uses the pendu lum method and scoops the jackpot first time on the lottery, roulette or even the football pools. What is more , if you do need to decide on a lucky day for an interview, a date , or want to win a raffle in which there is a special prize, then you can dowse over the chart shown , keeping to the range of numbers you need, for example 1 --49 for the UK lottery, 1 -30 / 3 1 for the day of the month, 1 - 1 2 for the month. '(:( When dowsing for numbers you need as few precon ceptions as possible, so before you begin spend time clearing your mind of clutter. One effective method is to imagine all the numbers from 1 00 down to 1 printed in black on separate pages on a pure white pad . '(:( Imagine ripping the sheets off one at a time, naming each number in its descending order, visualising the sheets flying away in the breeze . '(:( Tell your pendulum the parameters in advance, for example: ' I need six lucky numbers between 1 and 29' or 'a date in a particular month' (specify 2 8 , 29, 30 or 31 days) or ' a month from 1 - 1 2 with January as 1 and December as 1 2 ' . '(:( If you need larger numbers, draw a quick chart like the one illustrated overleaf (it can be bigger or smaller according to your needs). '(:( Hold your pendulum over each number in turn and it will pull down or make a positive response over the appropriate numbers . 37
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Keep a record of these numbers, especially of lucky dates, and as you score successes your confidence will improve along with your accurate scoring. If, as a result, you do hit the big one , send me a postcard from your exotic location!
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Many people prefer to develop the skill of dowsing for lost objects in real-life situations and not through tests for objects that are deliberately hidden ; an actual need and the emotion attached to the missing item help to establish a telepathic connection rather like a homing device, even with inanimate objects . However, if you do enjoy testing your abilities, I have suggested some activities later in the chapter. For direction hunting you will need a small compass . You can use separate small bags for your pendulum, compass, pens and paper and slot them into a larger bag in which you can also keep a Landranger Ordanance Survey map of a specific area. The bag should be waterproof if possible for outdoor searches and have a long strap so you can wear it on your back or over your shoulder to leave your hands free.
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and west) and the midway points (north-east, south-east, and so on) . Draw your own chart on stiff card and, if possible, laminate it so that it can easily travel with you as part of your basic pendulum kit. In an emergency, you can scribble an approxi � mate chart on a piece of paper and use it with a makeshift pendulum . Make the chart large enough so that when you hold the pendulum over it, you can clearly differentiate between the directions of the swing.
Usin9 the Chart This method is very effective because you can use your direc tion plan absolutely anywhere and can refer to it to keep you on track and alert you to changes in direction on your search. 40
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If the pendulum stops and refuses to give a new direction, having made the initial positive response or downward tugging, the object may be out of view and you should look in drawers and under or even behind furniture, checking gaps where the article may have become lodged .
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If you are searching for an animal using this method, call out your pet ' s name and if there is a shed or garage nearby, gain access - the animal may be asleep or fright ened. I found one of my cats by dowsing; she was asleep in a summer house the owners insisted had not been opened for months. Again, check drawers and apparently inacces sible spots as cats especially will sleep anywhere .
Rejinin9 the Technique for Small Objects When looking for j ewellery or keys in a wide open space, or a document in a series of files or folders, you can programme your pendulum to alert you when you reach your target or inadvertently go beyond it, as you could easily miss the item by looking a few centimetres in the wrong direction. Before you begin, say to the pendulum : 'Just before I reach the object I am seeking, make an ellipse . When you are over the 42
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spot where the missing item is , give me a strong positive response and make a reverse ellipse if I pass it . ' To look for a letter or document that you have tidied away, spread out your files in a row and walk by them, asking the pendulum to indicate when you have reached the correct folder. Then arrange all the papers in that file in a row and repeat the procedure . This technique can also be useful if you have put something in a drawer and cannot recall which one . (See chapter 8 for creating a house plan . )
T e s t i n g Your P s y c h i c Pow ers of Detection Although I prefer dowsing in situations where an actual need exists as I believe this sharpens the psychic senses, I know that others enjoy improving their skills by practising in test situations so that when a real need arises, they feel confident in their abilities .
Standardisin9 the Tests If you want to practise finding a series of objects which have been hidden by someone else , you will need a number of similar items, for example coins that have no particular indi vidual characteristics that may cause the concealer to register one more than another and so give it stronger vibes that may cause you to miss the others . For the same reason, choose a fairly uniform location , for example a wood or field with bushes so that the concealer is not especially aware of the individual hiding places . If the items are not valuable it will not matter if in early experiments you do not find them all . Both of the above points avoid the concealer unintentionally communicating the locations .
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Before they are hidden , hold the objects in your cupped hands and visualise how you will use them once you have found them .
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If they are coins, picture yourself spending them on a treat that will give you pleasure. If you are concealing sweets or small soaps, choose your favourites, so that they are asso ciated with pleasure . Thus you are injecting the experiment with the personal link between seeker and sought that is one of the keys to real-life dowsing.
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Go to a place which should not be familiar and certainly not hold any emotional significance that might interfere with the link between you and the items through the pendulum . Keep away when they are being hidden and do not consciously think about the experiment.
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Stand in the centre of the area and begin walking in ever increasing clockwise circles.
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Ask the pendulum to take you to the first coin by the nearest practical route , i . e . not through brambles .
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Once a new person thinks about the object the track is reactivated, like throwing a switch, and this connection will remain fully active for about an hour, according to Andersson, after which it slowly fades away (see chapter 6) . This has exciting implications for dowsing and explains how early sea-faring peoples were able to cross oceans even on starless nights with no conventional aids to navigation .
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The map method is best for missing items over a long distance, and you can use the above method with a large scale map , holding the pendulum over your present location and gently circling it clockwise while visualising the golden trail, until it responds positively, which over a map tends to be an actual clockwise circle or your ' yes' equivalent (see chapter 8 ) .
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Even if they are in destructive situations, they might not welcome intervention. At the worst you may be the bearer of bad tidings and take away any vestiges of hope for those left behind. If children are involved, you may feel that any help is of value , although to be instrumental in locating a body rather than the live child can be heart-rending for the dowser. Sometimes such a discovery may be the only way a family can rest and grieve properly, but it is an area fraught with pain. The support of an organisation may be of immense value if you decide that you wish to use your skills in this way.
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Arch a e o l o g i c a l D o w s ing Another area where dowsers can practise their skills openly is archaeological dowsing. A master of this craft is Brian Slade, President of the Sheppey Archaeological Society, an archae ologist, astronomer, historian, author and broadcaster with more than 20 published books on archaeology , history and associated subjects to his name . The history of the Isle of Sheppey, which lies off the Kent coast in south-east England, goes back to the Bronze Age and Brian has worked tirelessly to uncover buried archaeological treasures . He has the uncanny and yet quite natural ability to dowse with unerring accuracy the location of buried treausre that holds the key to the area's rich history . In the early days, like other dowser-archaeologists who wanted their ability to be kept secret so that their discoveries would be taken seriously, Brian invented an ancient map of the projected complete Norman Minster and Anglo-Saxon Monasterium Sexburgha complex (the Abbey of St Sexburgha) at Minster on the Isle of Sheppey, to explain away his uncannily accurate findings to officials and expert bodies. However, when Brian was very ill in hospital he realised that it was important to acknowledge openly this ability . He told me: 'I began dowsing back in the 1 960s with the GEC (General Electricity Company) when looking for cables on old sites . The problem was that 60 or 70 years ago when the cables were first put down, the location of earthing strips would be marked on plans. But once the engineer had left the site , the navvies would, to save time, place the cables via the most direct route and sell any spare copper to a scrap merchant. Therefore many of these early plans were useless . It was not possible to use metal detectors on site where there 52
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were many cables and so much magnetism . ' So Brian resorted to earth magic to find the cables and it worked . 'Now I use my dowsing gift to uncover historical remains . I still use my bent �elding rods or hazel twigs. ' In 1 99 3 , Brian carried out his detailed dowsing survey of Minster on the Isle of Sheppey. It convinced him that much of the hilltop where he lived overlaid the remains of a 7th- to 9th-century Anglo-Saxon nunnery, an 1 1 th- to 1 6th-century Norman Abbey and a cemetery . Brian and his local team have uncovered the remains precisely where he predicted they would be. 'Time and time again, ' he says, 'it has been shown that if the digging had been even a yard on either side of the spot indicated by the dowsing, nothing of significance would have been found. For example, I asked a lady living in Minster village if I might dig up part of her back garden lawn . She agreed with some trepidation and we promptly unearthed seven 7th- and 9th-century Anglo-Saxon bronze dress pins , post hole evidence of 7th- to 9th-century timber buildings , an Anglo-Saxon coin dating back to AD 737 AD 7 5 8 , four Henry II long cross silver pennies, examples of Anglo-Saxon glass, ten varieties of Roman pottery and as much Anglo-Saxon Ipswich-type pottery as produced by all the excavations at Canterbury combined . It was a veritable treasure trove . 'At last, thanks to such finds, my booklets and vigorous campaigning, several areas of Minster on Sheppey have become scheduled areas of major archaeological importance which means that no-one can dig up the area or build on it without permission . ' -
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kinds of legal problems as well as perhaps unwittingly damaging precious clues to the past. However, you can often enrol on day or weekend courses involving archaeological digs or fossil hunting, and if you are subtle you can ask your pendulum to indicate when it is directly over something of historical value . Best of all , visit a museum that has artefacts of all ages and start by visiting the museum shop .
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Pendulums operate as aerials or transmitters of psychic energy, and as such they can channel positive healing forces into our bodies from the natural world, from the sun and moon, from trees and flowers. They can also amplify and transmit out innate healing energies into those who need them . The crystal pendulum with its living energies is espe cially powerful as a healing tool because of its association with the forces of Earth, Air, Fire and Water. The ancient Greeks believed these forces to be the elements which make up all life, and they are still recognised as symbols of spiritual strength and wholeness. My own first spontaneous experience of healing dowsing energies came when I first acquired an L-shaped metal dowsing rod and was trying it out on a beach near my home on the Isle of Wight. I have gall bladder problems that resur face when I eat irregularly, and because of a long television session with the BBC in Southampton I had missed breakfast and lunch . The children were eager that I took them out
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before tea and my gall bladder was beginning to make its dissatisfaction with these arrangements very apparent. To take my mind off my discomfort while the children played in the sea, I planned to hunt for coins or fossils using the rod, and walked along the sand waiting for some sign of treasure from the dowsing rod. Suddenly it swung violently to the north-west and I felt a surge of relief as though a warm charge was running down my arm through my body. I looked up and saw the brilliant full moon rising over the cliffs on a warm summer evening. The feeling of relief continued until I turned away to watch the children to make sure they were not swimming out too far. The pain returned . When I had checked the children , I let the dowsing rod guide me back on to the 'moon path' and the relief contin ued . The effect was magnified when I took my crystal pendulum out of my bag and held the crystal instead of the rod, so that the moon was reflected in it. This transmitted the warmth and radiance one would feel from a heat lamp through my body, although I was not holding the pendulum directly over my stomach. Subsequent tests have convinced me that the waxing moon will transmit gentle energies through a rod or pendulum while the waning moon soothes and calms. The fact that I had not looked for the moon suggests that my response on the beach was not due to a placebo effect.
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surface water using your pendulum, you can receive prana or the life force that is present in all living matter, in an ampli fied form . i4
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I d e n t i fy i n g E n ergy P a t h w a y s a n d Rem o v i n g B l o c k a g e s It may be that there is no direct correlation between the site of a pain and its source . Many people , especially from Eastern cultures, believe that our bodies are criss-crossed by a network of energy pathways . A system from India identifies spheres within the body called chakras as whirling coloured energies, each of which relate to a bodily area and function . Oriental medicine calls the energy lines which j oin different organs of the body 'meridians ' . But you do not need to explore any of these philosophies, or even subscribe to the concept of specific psychic energy paths, to accept the idea that our body, mind and soul are interlinked and that a blockage or disorder in one area will affect the whole system . Given practice, almost anyone can tune into their bodily energy ebbs and flows using a pendulum, and this is a very effective way not only of monitoring your health and energy levels, but also of restoring any imbalance and clearing any blockages . The normal positive movement of the pendulum will help to indicate the pathways of energy through your own body or that of another person if you hold the pendulum about Scm (2in) above the body. tr
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herbal remedies , vitamin or mineral supplements are on offer for a particular condition from which you are suffering, dowse for the one that will be most helpful to you in your present state of health. If you do need to visit a physician or homeopath, there are normally a variety of treatments for the same illness, and unless there are contra-indications such as high blood pressure that may make one method unsafe , you can ask to go away and decide o n the treatment you will follow, dowsing over the names of the drugs or therapies until your pendulum indicates the most suitable . There are also many ways of taking a herb or substance - as an infusion, in tablets, a tincture, a massage or even added to bath water. You can discover the most effective form by dowsing over the alternatives as I have suggested or use a question and answer method . Either is as effective for this and the ques tioning format can also be applied to any health matter where the choice is slightly more complex .
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Flower Remedies Flower and tree essences are an area in which dowsing may be involved, not only in the choice of remedies, but in the original creation of some varieties. Flower essences are extracted from wild flowers and sometimes tree blossoms that work on negative emotional states , transforming them into a more positive response . The 64
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healing properties of flower essences are linked with the life force of flowers, each flower' s unique energies correspond ing with a human emotion. They are said to be a more concentrated form of pranic light, because, as the name implies, they contain the essence of the species. The healing power of flowers was well known to the Ancient Egyptians and Australian Aborigines, however, flower essences were first created by Dr Edward Bach during the 1 930s in England . From these original 3 8 remedies have evolved thousands of flower essences being produced around the world using native flowers and trees. Bailey Flower Essences: Dr Arthur Bailey first discov ered the Bach Flower Essences when he had a post-viral illness and the wife of his homeopathic doctor used dowsing to identify the correct remedies for his condition. After his successful treatment, Dr Bailey himself began dowsing around his garden to discover flowers with healing proper ties, often in answer to a patient' s specific need. Over 1 1 years he came up with about 20 new remedies by this method . He became convinced that the majority of illnesses stemmed from the mind and its attitude to the world, so that until a person can live at peace with themselves and the world, the body will continue to reflect the resulting conflicts (see Useful Addresses for further information on flower remedies) .
With hundreds of flower remedies to choose from, it can be difficult to find the right one or the right combination . For example, sufferers from depression are faced with a bewildering array of choices, even from the Bach range . To select the most appropriate remedies, read all accompanying literature and set aside those Dowsin g for a Flower Remedy:
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recommended for alleviating depression. Place these in a clockwise circle so that each bottle touches, with the labels facing away from you, and move the pendulum over each remedy. The pendulum will give a strong positive response over certain bottles and circle negatively over the others .
Food and Dows ing You can extend this category to all oral input - food, drink, alcohol and cigarettes - so that the pendulum can help not only with allergies (see chapter 2 for an example of divining food allergies) , but with any compulsions or addictions that may mask deeper needs through a desire for instant oral satis faction .
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EXERCISE: SENDING LOVE AND LIGHT THROUGH THE PENDULUM
The pendulum is a powerful amplifier for sending love and light not only to those who are sick or unhappy , but to absent family members or close friends or to someone from whom you are estranged. *
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Earth energies are natural powers that we can feel not only at sacred sites where yang and yin, male and female energies unite, but also pulsating beneath our feet on open land or in the smallest garden and through our fingertips when we hold a crystal or stone or touch a tree or flower. They can be manifest as earth lights that hover over plains or rocks, or as strange animals such as the legendary demon Black Dog of East Anglia. A pendulum , especially one made of crystal, will respond to these energies in a way that virtually no other instrument can, transmitting their positive healing and energising powers spontaneously and warning if the earth energies are over whelming or potentially negative in a home or workplace through which leys or underground streams run .
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3 5 00 BC, such as Newgrange in County Meath in Ireland, perhaps the most spectacular prehistoric cemetery in the world and close to the sacred hill of Tara, seat of the ancient Irish High Kings. Other centres of natural power include the stone ships circle in Vastmanland in Sweden, the stone circle at Almendras in Portugal which may have been created as a temple to the stars, Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, or the stone Medicine Wheels of North America, such as the Big Horn Medicine Wheel near Sheridan in Wyoming. My own favourite stone circles are at Avebury in Wiltshire which, unlike many ancient monuments in Britain, are still accessible to the public (see my book: Ghost Encounters, (Blandford, 1 999) for more details of ley lines and sacred sites) .
P o w e r C e n t re s Whether you visit one of the many great monuments or a single standing stone near to your home , the principle is the same . Where there are sacred rock paintings or natural rock sculptures that have become a focus for ritual or an ancient chalk figure , you can experience spiralling power through your pendulum . These power centres are believed by some geomancers and dowsers to be places where natural cosmic energy enters the earth at a point where there are underground water domes - where water rises vertically from deep in the earth. Cosmic energy, which forms ley lines at these points, is regarded in almost every culture as yang, positive and mascu line, emanating from the sky, the power of the Sky Father. Water is yin, negative in the electrical sense and female , flowing from the womb of the Earth Mother. At sites where these energies met and harmonised, such was the experience of spiritual and physical power and well-being that they were 70
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chosen as places of worship thousands of years ago . Others say that these sites are where an intersection of underground streams are crossed by an energy ley, perhaps even two . The feelings are the same.
Linkin9 Into the Ener9ies at a Power Centre Walk around the site with your pendulum , asking it to locate the epicentre of power. Your pendulum will perhaps spin powerfully first in one direction and then the other, continu ing to spiral . You may also feel as if your whole body is glowing and pulsating. Your pendulum will become charged with power which you may see as a light within the crystal . To me, dowsing at ancient sites seems intended to uplift the soul and connect us with the timelessness of the universe, rather than measuring the size of a dome or the exit points of the veins of water or assessing the source and nature of the perceived energies as a way of verifying the experience . For this reason, although you may wish to assess your findings when you have worked on physical dowsing, even as a total novice you can tune into these energies - you would find it difficult not to. Whatever your focus, the best teachers of earth energy dowsing are lovers of the countryside , be they a Native American or city dweller, who instinctively feels the move ment of each blade of grass and the pain of a dying flower. -{:(
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sense of well-being and spiritual enlightenment. It is said that even experienced dowsers get different reactions at sacred sites because our interaction with earth forces is unique . If you are having difficulty following the leys from the centre, try the West Kennet Avenue at Avebury: two rows of parallel stones that run from the circles at Avebury a mile and a half to a smaller circle of stone and wood posts called the Sanctuary above East Kennet village . On the Avenue you can still see the diamond female and pointed male stones that were the focus of fertility magic. Originally, there was also another parallel avenue . Some dowsers argue that West Kennet was a deliberately constructed alignment for ceremo nial purposes and not built on a true energy ley, but I have felt the energies very strongly there . These powers may be the accumulated hopes , fears and prayers of those who over the centuries built up a ley line - we cannot always isolate a source . I am convinced that ley lines do increase or decrease over the centuries and are interactive rather than fixed forces. A sacred place such as Carnac in Brittany has many avenues still standing, and the pull of the earth is immense the pendulum becomes almost red-hot in Brittany as it spirals around the many ancient stones and sites in this region. Indeed, Brittany has more megaliths than anywhere in the world . Anywhere on or close to these sites, not only at the power centre, the reaction of your pendulum may be quite unlike its normal dowsing response , but if you ask it to guide you only on paths of healing, you will experience a close connection with the natural world and with the past.
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and the annual passage of the earth around the sun causes twisting, stretching and cracking of the earth's crust in such a way that the resulting faults and released water may change the nature and intensity of earth energies, thus affecting humans, plants, insects and animals . Dowse for these effects, which may be beneficial or harmful, at times of the full moon or at noon, the height of the sun ' s power, in your home and place of work, especially if you feel that certain areas are always dark even in bright sunlight or warm and light even in winter. Or you may find that quarrels break out at this point or people complain of tension headaches or a stiff neck when sitting in that area. If your pendulum makes a positive response over a particu lar area it may be a good room in which to grow plants, sleep or relax . However, if there is a negative response you can neutralise the effects using the methods suggested later in this chapter. Animals tend to be attracted to these spots if the energy is beneficial, so dowse over your cat' s favourite corner and perhaps take it over for your own leisure activities.
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energy. Some researchers attribute negative forces to Hartmann and Curry energy fields . These are named after their discov erers and are said to divide the earth into square lattices, that in the case of a Curry lattice is about 4m square and the lines themselves about 40cm wide . The Hartmann lines are said to run almost as the geographical longitudinal and latitudinal lines, only deviating by ten degrees and are about 20cm wide and 1 . Sm apart. Where two Curry lines or two Hartmann lines cross, strong energies occur; where a Curry and a Hartmann line cross the effect is doubled. But some expert dowsers such as Dr Arthur Bailey who created the Bailey Flower Remedies (see chapter 5) believe that the influence of geopathic stress can be felt about 3m on either side of a ley line or underground stream. Sin Lonegren, former head of the Dowsing School of the American Society of Dowsers, also says that energy leys are 2 to 3m wide . Trouble can be expected, as with the Curry / Hartmann concept, especially where these energies cross . But Dr Bailey points out that, except in old mine shafts, water will not run along a straight course and so a grid theory would not account for black streams .
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and sometimes stress-related illnesses. Because there are so many theories concerning the nature and extent of these negative energies and how to neutralise them, I have presented the major concepts and would suggest that as you dowse you see which accords most with your own findings .
Neutralisin9 Ne9ative Earth Ener9ies Although we may not fully understand earth energies, there are a variety of methods you can use to neutralise any areas of negativity detected by your pendulum at earth or home. What I do find intriguing is that if you apply the remedy for the theory to which you subscribe, it works ! Wishful think ing? No, because people who enter a house or workplace from which negative earth energies have gone, comment on the improved atmosphere and imagine that it has been redec orated. Family members or work colleagues who know nothing of the dowsing work also spontaneously find an improvement in health and a reduction in stress levels within a few weeks or even days .
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The first step with any negative energies in a room at home or at work is to move any furniture as far from the centre of the spot as possible , or to change your room arrangement so that you rest and work in congenial spots. Phone calls and personal interviews at work should be carried out from a place of positive energies; storage areas are less important.
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off the aura of the missing part remains. Experiments involving attaching electrodes to plants have revealed that they do respond positively not only to kind words but also to thought forms , and can become distressed if someone not only hurts, but plans to harm another plant close by. In chapter 5 you took healing energies from a plant; now you are going to strengthen your plant using positive earth energies . This can be espe cially helpful if a plant acts as a shield for negative earth energies in your office .
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This chapter stands at a crossroads in pendulum exploration. In chapter 6, I talked about using a pendulum to tune into ley lines and earth energies; tales of ghost sightings, legendary beings and mysterious events abound along and close to these psychic energy lines. The pendulum is remarkably sensitive at picking up these presences and pinpointing places where leys cross or psychic energies are especially strong. At these key spots particu larly, dramatic persona or semi-mythical events are usually described in local legends . If you subsequently explore the history and folk tales of ley places, you will usually find a white lady, a malevolent monk or a wild black dog who terrifies travellers, being reported not once but many times over a period of years . These ghost stories often embroi dered over time are nevertheless usually based on some strange occurrence whose actual date may be lost in the mists of time. On the Isle of Wight where I live , I have continued to explore the connection between leys, legends
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and pendulum response . The concept seems to hold true in any area where you find old tales of mystery. In chapter 4, I described Andersson's theory of psi-tracks, akin to the Aboriginal song lines , which would explain why a single character appears in a variety of places and guises, perhaps marking the trail trodden by ancient travellers across the island to the sea. Did these travellers wandering along the misty leys and spying a huge rock or standing stone looming ahead tell tales to pass the monotony and to explain the unease they felt at certain spots? Or did they actually see a strange old man who fascinated and yet terrified them who evolved into a hermit or wandering monk? What is signifi cant to me is that my pendulum has demonstrated violent reactions in legendary spots before I have discovered any of the stories behind the places .
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The dark feelings occurred most strongly at this ley inter section near the huge, brightly painted statue of a pirate outside the Blackgang Chine theme park on the western side of the Isle of Wight, once the haunt of smugglers. I took the pendulum to the spot between the giant pirate's feet and it made large negative swings, although logically it should be a joyous place with so many children visiting the fun park. On exploring local folklore I discovered that virtually where the plaster pirate stood, tales of another giant, the giant of Chale, had grown up centuries before . His cave was reputedly close to the present pleasure park. His wickedness was well known, and a holy man, on deeper investigation almost certainly the legendary Hermit of Culver Cliff, went to the giant's lair to persuade the giant to change his evil ways. The cave was full of hideous winged creatures and the skulls of slain animals and people . The giant would have killed the holy man but he made the sign of the cross and cursed the land where the cave stood saying that henceforward nothing should grow there and a red stream should flow from that spot, filled with the giant's blood. The holy man also prophesied that the coast would crumble away. For many years a red stream coursed down the cliff and Blackgang Chine has been dramatically eroded , like much of the West Wight Coastline . Although lovely flowers and trees grow in the pleasure park where the children play, outside the land is bleak and barren . The area above the park is frequently shrouded in mist and anyone who peers through the greyness can imagine the sad shadows of those lured by the giant to his lair.
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Psychometry, the psychic art of touching to transmit information about the history of an artefact, is a gentle but effective way of contacting a ghost if the object is in situ. However, rather than touching the artefact, which can be difficult with delicate items, you can use your pendulum to dowse over an object in an old house or castle and through it feel by amplification the lives of the people connected with the sights, sounds and fragrances it evokes. Indeed, I have found that the pendulum does magnify psychometric impressions; this is, from my own experi ence , the most effective way of seeing or sensing a ghost, especially if you have not had any success follow ing a ghost path. '(;( Passing a pendulum around or over an object focuses your innate psychic abilities and can create in the mind' s eye visual images or even words, fragrances and tastes, such as salt, tar or spices that are not present in the room . '(;( As with tracing a ghost path, your pendulum may respond to the psychic vibes with ellipses or a hori zontal swing and vibration when it comes into contact with another dimension . '(;( Find artefacts that belong to the place or at the very least are of the correct period for the room in which they are displayed, as this will evoke the presence of a ghost who will have resonance with the object, especially if it has been in the house over many years. 91
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Map or remote dowsing means dowsing at a distance from the actual target area, and is in many ways the most psychic aspect of pendulum work. Some people find the idea of remote or map dowsing slightly intimidating because they imagine it involves strict measurements with rulers, angles and complex calculations, but such dowsing can be of great value whether looking for ley lines, water, minerals or lost objects, as you can save a great deal of shoe leather and time by precisely locating an item from the comfort of your living room. Equally, if you are lost in a maze of country lanes without a sign post, or in the middle of a wood with no idea of the way back to the car, you can dowse over a scribbled diagram to show you the way, while if you have misplaced your car keys or your credit cards at home and are in a hurry, you can draw a plan of your house to narrow down your area of search to one corner of a specific room . Remote mapping can be applied to almost every aspect of dowsing, many of which I have already touched on, albeit
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interested in developing more formal map dowsing skills (see Useful Addresses and Further Reading) , but you can work quite informally, especially initially .
T u n i n g I n t o Y o u r C l a i r vo y a n t P o w e rs Alfred Watkins , who first discovered ley lines when he was 65 years old and wrote The Old Straight Track in 1 92 5 , 'became aware of a network of lines - standing out like wires all over the surface of the countryside' . He perceived the existence of the ley system in a single flash as he was riding his horse across the hills near Bredwardine in his native Herefordshire, and suddenly saw a network of tracks inter secting at the sites of churches, crosses, old stones and other sanctified sites. Watkins was not a mystic, however, but a merchant, archaeologist, photographer and inventor. I would argue that this same holistic vision is utilised by the best dowsers, who see not lines and grid references on paper, but rushing streams, sunlit hillsides and ancient outcrops on the tops of hills.
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F i n d i n g Your Wa y w i t h the P e n d u l u m You go out for a walk in the forest having parked your car and become thoroughly lost; or you miss your turn on a slip road, perhaps while driving in a foreign country or by a series of unwelcome diversion signs, and have no idea where you are . None of the local places on the sign post feature on your map, it is getting dark and you are tired . No-one is in the mood to follow a pendulum . You need to find where the car is now and to plot a series of stages to confirm that you are getting nearer. This technique will work if you believe it will work - I can find my way in strange towns if I do not think about it or try to be logical. Trust yourself. If you become lost while walking, the following steps may help you to get back on track. The method can be adapted for driving: 98
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EXERCISE: DOWSING YOUR DREAMS CREATING A ' DREAMOGRAM'
Too frequently we wake from a dream at the moment at which we are about to discover the answer to a problem or a new insight into our lives. Even if we can return to the dream , the spontaneity may be gone . I first used ' dreamograms' as a simple device for recall ing and developing dreams for healing, but it is also a valuable way of developing dream material during waking hours, and the pendulum offers access to the deep unconscious wisdom from which the dream derived.
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This final chapter of the book looks at dowsing at its most physical and demonstrable . You should now have the confi dence to go into the field and apply your intuitive skills to the material world. For some people , physical dowsing is less important than dowsing for decisions or for health-related matters; they argue that in their current environment it is unlikely that will ever need to find a place to dig a well and it is a view that to some extent I share . But I would say that there are many situations in which it is useful to be able to find a leak in an underground pipe so that you can direct professional repairers, or if you are skilled in DIY , cut down on hours of searching by conventional methods . Yet most people still associate physical dowsing with rows of dowsers trying to find water under test conditions . If you enjoy tests it can be great fun , for water dowsing is perhaps the most ancient psychic art and still the most useful given the universal need for clean drinking water. The United Nations has estimated that about two billion people world wide lack high-quality drinking water and this number
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increases every year - so maybe it is worth developing your expertise . There are many forms of physical dowsing, but they all follow the same method . Whether you are looking for oil, metals, electricity or even buried treasure , you can programme your pendulum to discriminate between differ ent underground substances by carefully defming the parameters of your search. While mineral and water dowsers do incorporate map dowsing to narrow down the necessity of searching a wide area on foot, every would-be dowser should attempt physical dowsing, if only to confirm the accuracy of map dowsing - and their internal intuitive processes. Water dowsing is also a particularly good way of tuning into the energies of the earth. Because so much of our bodies is made up of fluid, we have great kinship with water witness the emotions experienced when walking by the sea. Water dowsing is especially easy in the weeks of the new and full moon which also have the most dramatic effect on the tides . So if you found earth energy dowsing difficult, you may find that actually dowsing for a specific dome of water or intersection without trying to tune into the past, does open up the whole field for you . Though you may never be asked to locate a site for a well, it can be very useful to be able to trace an oil leak on your car, locate hazardous wiring inside a wall, or find out whether a source of drinking water is pure . Let me give you a practical example taken from a newspaper of how physical dowsing can help in everyday life . In July 1 999, David Moore, who farms near Torrington in Devon, could not understand his cows' reluctance to enter the milking parlour. Mr Moore asked the advice of fellow farmer, Cyril Cole, who was also an expert dowser. With a hazel rod, Mr Cole detected a tiny leak of electricity in a cable running below the 1 10
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ground where the cows had to walk. By switching off the supply on that circuit Mr Moore was able to milk his Friesians without difficulty .
T h e S c i e n t i fi c E v i d e n c e fo r P h y s i c a l D o w s i n g Professor Hans-Dieter Betz, a physicist at the University of Munich, undertook a ten-year programme sponsored by the German government, applying dowsing methods for water sources in arid areas including Sri Lanka, Zaire , Kenya, Namibia and Yemen. The results indicated overwhelming evidence for the existence of dowsing abilities . Dowsers attained an overall success rate of 96 per cent in 69 1 drillings in Sri Lanka, as against the estimated success rate of 30-50 per cent expected by conventional methods in an area where finding water purely by chance was extremely unlikely. Professor Betz' s most plausible hypothesis was that subtle electromagnetic gradients resulting from the fissures and water flows created changes in the electrical properties of rock and soil, and that dowsers sensed these gradients in what was described as a 'hypersensitive state' . So the psychic element exists even here. Such a hypothesis would not explain map dowsing abilities, but it may be that as with other psychic arts different abilities come to the fore according to the nature of the quest. As discussed in chapter 1 , dowsing is increasingly used by both the military and businesses. Dr Peter Treadwell, former vitamin-plant director for Hoffman-La Roche, the multina tional pharmaceutical firm based in Basie, Switzerland, was sent all over the world to dowse water for his company' s prospective factory sites. D r Treadwell commented: ' The plain truth is that we keep finding water for our company 111
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with a method that neither physics nor physiology nor psychology has even begun to explain . Roche uses methods that are profitable whether they are scientifically explainable or not. The dowsing method pays off. It is 1 00 percent reliable . '
Beg i n n ing Physical Dowsing The first thing to remember is that physical dowsing is fun, not a test of your abilities, unless at some stage you do join a dowsing organisation and decide to take part in some of their organised activities and learn from experts the tips they have picked up over the years . You can dowse for water or other substances on days out or whenever you have a desire or need. As with any new skill, begin with a known source of surface water so that you and your pendulum establish mean ingful communication that you can utilise when you are searching for an unknown source .
Usin9 Natural Clues When you do start to look for underground water it is not cheating to use, as do all creatures, natural clues to supple ment intuition. In chapter 6, I mentioned cats that sleep in positive energy spots and that domes of water or at least sacred veins are a feature of sacred sites. So you can be sure that where your cat - or even better a neighbourhood stray that is more closely linked with the great outdoors - regularly sleeps over a place where veins of water cross, you should dowse there . Foxes , badgers, and the famous US groundhog that foretells the weather on 2 February, invariably have underground veins of water close to the entrances of their setts. Deer too settle for the night over the crossing of veins of water, and if you are 1 12
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not squeamish a large anthill is also a good indicator. Your pendulum may spin clockwise due to the force of the inter secting waters, especially at ancient sites where a ley line may bisect the crossing. But if you ask your pendulum just to follow one vein of water, it will do so (see the exercise later in this chapter) . If there is a tree in a clearing that has all its greenery on one side and has not been struck by lightning or uprooted, the branches will be leaning towards an underground source of water; apple and maple trees may assume a corkscrew formation. The cedar is another very water-sensitive tree and will grow in a circle round a dome of water. I have already mentioned standing stones , but the ultimate indicator of water is a holy well. This will be fed from a sacred stream that may be entirely submerged . Or you may have to look for the holy well itself if it is disused, using your water dowsing skills. Find place names such as Bridewell, Holywell, Nunwell or Ladywell, and you are in a good spot for water dowsing and may discover a neglected or aban doned sacred source of water that will also abound with ley energies . Crypts of churches and cathedrals built on ancient temple sites may also conceal an old well or spring. At Chartres Cathedral in France , for example, the old well behind the cathedral was probably used by the druids. The early Celtic Christian church used these former pagan wells for baptism until the Roman church replaced them with the font inside the building.
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I have deliberately not explored the issue of whether water is safe for drinking here as you need to be confident at finding water before you impose further conditions upon your investigations .
Measurin9 the Flow You do not need to assess the rate of flow unless you are trying to find a place for a well, but it is a good technique to practise to build up your picture of the water which you are dowsing and so become more generally tuned in to different kinds and veins of water. A good method to use is your quantity I intensity circle chart and ask the pendulum to tell you how many litres a minute are flowing at this time through the vein. A small vein may yield as little as a litre a minute.
I s T h i s W a t e r S a fe f o r D r i n k i n g ? What matters from a practical point of view is whether water, either on the surface or from an underground source , is safe to drink. If you are hill-walking or camping you may need to replenish a water bottle from a stream; while travel ling you may see a drinking fountain in a square and wonder if it really is drinkable; or if you are in a different country you may be uncertain whether tap water is suitable to drink, clean your teeth or wash fruit and salad. Even if you live in an 1 18
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I s T h i s W a t e r S a fe t o B a t h e i n ? River, lake and ocean pollution is a major environmental crisis , and even beaches that have been awarded a water safety certificate can become polluted between tests. Different countries also have different standards and stringencies with which national and international recom mendations are implemented. Before you swim , take some water from the lake or sea in a clear tumbler and hold your pendulum over it. Ask your pendulum if the water is safe for you to swim in - and if you have children ask again for them as they may be more suscep tible to infection .
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Dowsing for O i l a n d M inerals Dr Alexander K . Bakirov, professor of geology and mineralogy at the Tomsk Polytechnical Institute in Siberia, is one of several several dozen Russian specialists charged with locating new natural resources in his country. ' Dowsing' , Dr Bakirov has written, 'is being used in my country to solve geological prob lems in the location of gold sulfides, copper-molybdenum, tin-tungsten, rare-metal and many other ores . ' He cites the successful location by dowsing of industrially important mineral deposits in the Yenisei Mountains after normal geological prospecting had failed to find any ore over a period of many years. During a helicopter flight, spots were also dowsed from the air where soil erosion was threatening to crack a 400km gas pipe running from Ukhta to Torzhok. I said earlier that if you divine for oil you are more likely to unearth a disused oil drum than black gold . However, you may be like Paul Clement Brown of California, who for years advised one of America' s most successful petroleum ' wild catters' , J . K . Wadley, on whether or not his proposed oil-drilling sites would be productive and how deep the oil would lie . Brown' s main device was a hand-held pendulum . His ability to dowse for oil was tested by an initially sceptical senior petroleum engineer, Chet Davis, on 3 5 proposed well sites . ' H e was right on all 3 5 wells, ' says Davis . ' I don't think anyone in the oil business would believe it if they didn't see it. I wouldn' t have . '
A Home Test When dowsing for water, I always specifically ask my pendu lum to find only water, thereby excluding electricity cables and so on. However, some dowsers argue that a pendulum or 1 20
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for that matter any other dowsing device, will automatically respond to any underground water, oil and minerals and that with practice you learn to discriminate what the pendulum is indicating. You can test this for yourself at home and if you do find different reactions for substances, this can help to fine tune your dowsing so that although you are looking for water, you note that there is also an electricity cable close by or a metal pipe encasing the water. In time, you do become far more instinctive and ask fewer questions until at some point you may no longer need the pendulum or any other dowsing instru ment, although you may always prefer to use one as confirmation of your intuition. This test can be attempted with a friend, perhaps taking it in turns to carry out the experiment. "{;(
You will need five or more identical plastic opaque j ars with lids .
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Put water in one j ar, oil in another, copper discs in the third, iron nails in the fourth and some silver items in the fifth. If you have two or three gold rings or earrings, add these to a sixth j ar and, if you wish, pure tin in a seventh. You can obtain tin coins from a museum .
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Make sure any metals are pure, as alloys may confuse the pendulum .
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Go out of the room while your friend arranges the j ars in a row.
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Stand in front of the j ars and say to your pendulum: ' I want you to ignore the container material entirely and react only to the contents of each . ' 121
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Hold your pendulum over each jar in turn and let your mind go blank. Do not try to guess what is inside or in this experiment to ' see' psychically , but note the reaction of the pendulum over each and write it down, for example Jar 1 an ellipse , Jar 2 a double circle. -
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It may give the same positive circling reaction for each. Do not worry, as you can question your pendulum to obtain the information . But try this periodically and you may find subtle differences in responses do emerge .
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Next hold your pendulum in front of the jars and ask it to : ' Show me with your positive circling by pulling down over the container with water I oil / inside' and pass the pendulum slowly over each container in turn. Do not try to guess. Note each.
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Look in the containers . If you were not right, remember this is a very artificial situation and most tests uncon sciously increase anxiety, thereby increasing the likelihood of failure . The important thing is that you have started to investigate the different responses.
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Once you are looking for water, you will, with practice , automatically distinguish between water and other cables beneath the ground and if you dowse frequently in the city, even come to distinguish between a water as opposed to a gas pipe just by the swing of your pendulum .
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What is more , when dowsing on the beach or in a field, you will be able to tell when you have come to a ring-can pull and when a treasure trove , and so may find dowsing with your psychic metal detector lucrative .
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DIV With Your Pendulum You can use your pendulum to detect almost any kind of fault if you specify what you are looking for . Even when you are working by psychic means , it is important to follow normal safety rules, however, especially if you are seeking an elec tricity cable . Metal pendulums can be lethal if they inadvertently come into contact with a live cable . If you are looking for a leaking water pipe, ask your pendulum to react only to the stated substance, for example dripping water underground or in a wall. Once you have identified a drainage pipe, for example , you can track it over a distance of its course by moving along sideways facing it, checking with your pendulum at regular intervals that you are on course . Alternatively, if it is underground, place your body directly over the line and walk along its path, remem bering that the point where you will find the leak or fractured pipe will be over your hands, not your feet. You can also use the pendulum to detect problems with your car by asking it to detect a loose connection or an oil leak that defies a visual inspection . Given the high cost of car repairs, a preliminary dowse over your engine may also narrow down the cause of a problem, astounding mechanics who invariably ask ' What's the trouble then?' �
Break down the search into a series of subsequent stages that when you put the information together will give you an overall picture, for example , the far left-hand-nut on the fan belt is in fact loose , but the almost imperceptible oil dripping from the fifth connection to the right of the carburettor is also contributing to the overheating/ lack of power.
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Open your bonnet and first ask your pendulum to identify any oil leaks that were causing problems the last time you used the car, by a positive response . This eliminates any future difficulties that may arise .
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Pass your pendulum slowly over each part of the engine in turn . Ask it to make a positive ellipse to mark the begin ning of the problem and a negative ellipse to mark where the trouble ends.
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Scribble this down on a diagram and then ask the pendu lum to indicate any electrical faults. This may be experienced as a buzzing in your hands even though the engine is switched off.
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Ask next about water and finally about any metal that is causing problems, either because it is too tight or loose or has become corroded inside .
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You can apply the same method to any faulty machinery.
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Just for fun, before you take a car in for a routine service or a safety certificate , run your pendulum over the whole car, including the tyres . You may be surprised how accu rate you were in detecting faults, and if your mechanic does uncover others that were not borne out by your own experience of driving the vehicle , you can ask very politely whether these are essential repairs or potential faults that may need fixing in a month or so .
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EXERCISE: I M PROVING THE QUALITY OF WATER
Even water that is safe to drink has all kinds of additives and minerals that may not suit your particular bodily make-up. Water filters do not solve all the problems and some people fear they remove nutrients in the form of salts and minerals. i:l
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Hold your pendulum over the jug and ask that every thing in the water that is harmful in any way to your well-being is replaced by light and energy.
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Slowly circle your pendulum anti-clockwise nine times to remove negativity and then nine times clockwise to add energy.
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Cover the top of the jug and leave it until dusk in natural light, if possible outdoors close to trees and flowers or near an open window.
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You can also place the psychically cleansed water under a squat-shaped pyramid of glass, the true pyramid shape or even the frame of a pyramid. Tests have shown that pyramid water not only tastes better to drink, but alle viates headaches, bites and indigestion.
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Alternatively, if you drink bottled water, you will find a bewildering array on sale, each with subtly different compositions . Buy small bottles of a number of brands and ask your pendulum to indicate by circling or pulling down which is the best kind for you to help keep you healthy.
Dowsin9 Bird, Christopher, Divining, Raven, Macdonald, 1 979 Graves, Tom and Hoult, Janet, The Essential T. C. Lethbridge, Granada, 1 98 2 Graves, Tom , The Elements ef Pendulum Dowsing, Element,
1 98 3 Lonegren, Sig, Spiritual Dowsing, Gothic Images, 1 986
Back9round Readin9 Andrews, Ted , How to See and Read the Aura, Llewellyn Publications, 1 994 Bentov, ltzhak, Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics ef Consciousness, Destiny Books, 1 988 Tansley, David V . , Radionics: Science or Magic, C.W. Daniel and Co. , 1 98 2 Tompkins, Peter and Bird, Christopher, The Secret Life ef Plants, Harper & Row Publishers, 1 97 3
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Further Reading
Earth Ener9ies and Ley Lines Devereux, Paul, Earth Mysteries: A Piatkus Guide, Piatkus, 1 999 Devereux, Paul , Shamanism and the Mystery Lines, Quantum , 1 995 Heselton, Philip , The Elements ef Earth Mysteries, Element, 1 99 1 Palmer, Martin and Palmer, Nigel, Sacred Britain , Piatkus, 1 999 Sullivan, Danny, Ley Lines, Piatkus, 1 999 Watkins, Alfred, The Old Strai9ht Track, Abacus, 1 974 Wilson, Colin, The Atlas ef Holy Places and Sacred Sites, Dorling Kindersley, 1 996
Ghosts Eason, Cassandra, Ghost Encounters, Blandford, 1 997
Healin9 Ener9ies Bailey, Arthur, Dowsin9for Health , Quantum , 1 993 Barnard, Julian, A Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies, C . W . Daniel and Co . , 1 995 Eden , Donna, Ener[JY Medicine, Piatkus, 1 999 Kapchuk, Ted, Chinese Medicine, Century Books, 1 987 Ozaniec , Naomi, Elements ef the Chakras, Element, 1 989 Wildwood, Chrissie , The Encyclopedia ef Healin9 Plants, Piatkus, 1 999
Visualisation Graham , Helen, Visualisation, An Introductory Guide, Piatkus, 1 996
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45, 47, 65, 86 10 Almendras, Portugal 70
clairvoyance
Agricola, Georgius
American Society of Dowsers Andersson, Giite 45
5, 77
2, 6, 22 3 , 1 0 , 20, 4 1 , 47-9 anthropomorphism 6 antiques, seeking 5 3-5 archaeological dowsing 52-5 auras 59, 8 1 -2 , 1 1 5 Avebury 70, 72 West Kennet Avenue 73 angelic guides
animals, finding lost
Bach, Dr Edward Bailey, Dr Arthur
65 65 , 77
1 1 9-20 Betz, Prof. Hans-Dieter 1 1 1 black streams 77-8 Brown, Paul Clement 1 20 Byron, Lord 1 4 Bakirov, Dr Alexander K .
15 1 1 , 1 6 , 2 2 , 5 9 , 60, 67, 68 car problems 1 2 3 Carnac, Brittany 7 3 cave drawings 1 2 chakras 59, 6 1 children 4
Cameron, Verne candles
6 6, 5 1 , 95, 96 clues, natural 1 1 2-3 cold spots 92 Cole, Cyril 1 1 0 compass 39 cosmic energy 70 crystals 1 , 3 , 1 0 , 46, 57, 59, 60, 69, 7 1 , 80, 90, 92 recharging 2 3 Curry and Hartmann lines 77, 78, 79 clairsentience
Aborigines
1 20 26-38 De Re Metallica 1 2 Davis, Chet decisions
De Vir9ula Divinatris 1 3 direction chart
39-43, 79
Discoverie ef Witchcreft, The 1 3 divination I , DIY
1 2 3-4
6
'dobby' stone
81
dowsing for:
8, 26-38 8 , 69-84 electricity 1 1 0 ghosts 9, 2 2 gold 5 , 7 health 8-9, 56-68, 8 2 legends 8 8-9 decisions
earth energies
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Index
lost objects 9 , 39, 4 5 , 58
healing 5 7
oil 5 , 7 , 1 5 , 1 1 0, 1 1 9-20
blockages, identifying 6 1
minerals 26, 1 1 9-20
energies 5 6 , 5 9 , 8 2
psycbic phenomena 9
others 58-6 1
water s , 7, 26, 1 09
questions and answers 63
with others 27, 1 2 1
with nature 57-8
dowsing, history 1 2-5
Hermit of Culver Cliff 86-7
dowsing rods/ sticks 1 , 6 , 1 0, 1 3 , 53, 56
higher consciousness 6
dreams 27, 9 5 , 1 06-8
holidays, choosing destination 33-4, 95
earth energies 69-84, 1 1 0
house, choosing new 34-6, 95
dreamogram l 06-8
Hoffman-La Roche 1 1 1 holy wells 1 1 3
negative 76-8 1 neutralising 78-8 1
Isle of Sheppey 52-3
positive 82
Isle of Wight 85, 86, 87
Earth Mother 70, 8 3 , 1 1 4 Edward III 86
Jung, Carl Gustav 26, 95
electricity, dowsing for 1 1 0 electromagnetic waves 6
Kenya 1 1 1
elements 1 1 , 56
Kirlian photography 8 1
energies, solar and lunar 75-6 energy pathways 6 1 -2 exercises
Lady Milbanke 1 4 legends 1 0, 8 5 , 88-9
charging a crystal l 0
Lethbridge, Tom 4
choosing lucky numbers 36
ley lines 9, 1 0, 2 2 , 46, 70, 7 1 , 76, 8 5 ,
dowsing with plants 8 1
dowsing your dreams l 06
9 4 , 96
energies 74-5
improving water quality 1 24
lost objects 2 , 39-5 5 , 79, 94
psychometry 9 1
love and light, sending 67-8
seeking antiques 5 3
lunar energies 7 5
sending love and light 67 trusting your choice 24
magnets/magnetism 5 3
explanations 5-6
map dowsing 2 , 6, 47, 79, 94- 1 08 , 1 1 0
faults, detecting 1 24
Marcellinus 1 3
finding your way 98- 1 02
Martius, J . H . 1 3
flow chart 8, 20, 28-3 1
Medicine Wheels, North America 70
using co-ordinates l 03-5
grid method 32-6, 64, 8 1 sample 2 9- 3 1
military use 2, 1 5 minerals 1 , 5 , 26, 94, 1 1 9-20
flower remedies 64-6
missing persons 49-5 1
food 66-7
Monasterium Sexburgha 5 2
bingeing 66
Moore David 1 1 0
Mother Goddess l 2
gall bladder 5 6 geomancy 57
natural clues l 1 2
ghost path 89, 9 1
negativity 1 1 , 2 2
ghosts 2 , 85-93
Newgrange 70
grid dowsing l 02 groundbog 1 1 2
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numbers, lucky 2 , 36-8
Index
oil, dowsing for 1 , 7, 1 5 , 1 1 9-20
Old Strai9ht Track, The 96
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Scott, Reginald I 3 sixth sense 2 Sky Father 70
pendulum 1
Slade, Brian 52
charging 1 0 , 7 1
solar energies 75
choosing 3---4-
Sri Lanka I 1 I
dowsing 1 - 3
Stonehenge 70, 72
holding 4 physical dowsing I 09-25
stones, magic of 69-70 subconscious 2, 1 9
plants 24-5, 8 1 ---4Plowman, John 1 0
Tarot 26
Pope john XII 1 4
telekinesis 2 , 8
power centres 70---4-
telepathy 6, 4 1
linking in to energies 7 1 precognition 6
prana
57, 6 2 , 65
psi-tracks 45-7, 86
testing powers of detection 4 3-5 for substances 1 20 time and place 97-8
psychic protection 22-3, 59
time/intensity chart 2 1 -2
psychokinesis 26
Tomsk Polytechnical Institute 1 1 9
psychometry 54, 9 1 - 3
Treadwell, Dr Peter 1 1 1
questions 1 9-20, 2 8
UFOs 7 1 unconscious 8 , 9
recharging a crystal 2 3 , 6 1 remedies
Vastrnanland, Sweden 70
dowsing for 24, 62-6
Vietnam 2
flower 64
visualisation 1 0 , 4 5 , 9 5 , I O I , 1 1 3-5
herbal 64 identifying 62 remote dowsing 94- 1 08
Wadley, J . K . water
grid 1 02
depth 1 1 7
targeting 97
dowsing I , 26, 94, 1 09 , 1 1 1
time 97
improving quality 1 24
responses 1 6- 1 9, 27
measuring the flow I 1 8
alternative 24
safe for bathing 1 1 9
ask again 1 8
safe for drinking 1 1 8
neutral 1 8
success rate 1 1 1
no 1 7
water witching I , 1 0 , 1 1 5
testing 1 8- 1 9
Watkins, Alfred 74, 96
yes 1 7
Wight, Isle of 8 5
rhabdomancy I Zaire 1 1 1 scientific evidence 1 1 1 -2
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A b ou t the A u tho r
Cassandra Eason is an international author, broadcaster and psychic consultant. She teaches psychic development and divination skills and has written 2 5 books on the paranormal , magic and divination, spiritual and religious experiences, and is an expert on folklore and superstition. She has also studied the history, psychology and esoteric practices of the Tarot for many years and given readings on radio and television programmes around the world.
